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Website terms of use

www.tasman.govt.nz(external link) (the Website) is owned and operated by the Tasman District Council. These Terms of Use (Terms) apply to your use of the Website and were last updated on 6 November 2018.

By accessing and using this Website and subsidiary websites, you accept and agree, without limitation or qualification, these Terms.

Disclaimer

The Tasman District Council has made every reasonable effort to ensure that the information on this Website and the Online Services is accurate and up to date. Your access and use of the Website and Online Services is at your own risk. To the maximum extent permitted by law, Tasman District Council shall have no liability or responsibility to you for:

Any errors in and omissions from any information available on or through the Website;

Any direct or indirect, incidental, special or consequential loss or damage arising out of or in connection with your use of the Website (or inability to access or use the Website), the information contained on it, or your use of any Online Services including transaction processing services.

The Council does not guarantee, represent or warrant that the content and/or Online Services (including, but not limited to, transaction processing services) available or accessible via this Website and subsidiary websites will be accurate, complete or current, free of errors, defects, faults, viruses or other harmful components or that access to this Website and subsidiary websites will be uninterrupted.

Links and references to other websites are provided as a convenience only. The Council has not reviewed and does not endorse, approve, recommend or assume responsibility for those sites or their content, services or products offered on, or the operation of, any other website.

If you wish to provide a link to the Website from your website or present any page or any part of the Website material on your website, you must do so in such a way that it is clear to users that the pages are part of the Tasman District Council Website. You must not do anything which alters the Website or interferes with how it works. The Tasman District Council reserve the right to prohibit links to the Website and you agree to remove or cease any link at our request.

Changes

This Website, including these Terms, is changed and updated from time to time. Any changes take effect immediately and you are responsible for ensuring you are aware of the latest Terms. You acknowledge and agree that by accessing this Website, you are indicating your acceptance of the changed Terms.

Some of the Online Services made available by the Tasman District Council may be subject to additional terms and conditions. By accessing and using any online or other interactive service, you agree to be bound by these Terms and the terms and conditions applicable to that service.

Use of content

Ownership

The Tasman District Council owns or licences:

The copyright and other proprietary rights on all content; and

All trademarks (registered and unregistered) and logos

on this Website, the subsidiary websites and Online Services.

Some content is sourced from third parties and may be subject to third party copyright. Permission cannot be granted by the Tasman District Council to reproduce any material available on the Website that is owned by a third party.

Some data is supplied under Creative Commons licence and while Tasman District Council makes reasonable efforts to ensure such data is correct and regularly updated, errors and omissions in the data may occur.

Copyright

Unless otherwise stated, you may use the content on this Website for personal and non-commercial purposes free of charge provided that:

You acknowledge it is sourced from the Tasman District Council;

It is subject to copyright; and

The content is reproduced accurately and is not used in a derogatory, harmful or misleading way.

Trademarks and logos

You may use or copy the trademarks and logos on this Website provided that you first obtain written permission from the Tasman District Council.

Privacy statement

This Privacy Statement applies to personal and other information collected on this Website.

Personal information

You can browse the Website without providing any personal information. The Website does not automatically collect any personal information about you.

Please refer to the Privacy Act requirements section below to see how Tasman District Council deals with personal information collected from you and how it is stored and used.

If you wish to view or correct any personal information held by the Tasman District Council, please phone (03) 543 8400 or email info@tasman.govt.nz.

Site use information

When you visit the Website we automatically log some non-personal information, namely:

The internet domain and IP addresses from which you accessed the Website;

The terms you used to search for content on the Website;

The pages you accessed;

The date and time you accessed the Website;

The last site you visited before coming to this Website; and

The type of browser and operating system you use, and your screen resolution.

This information cannot be used to identify you and will be used only for the purposes of system administration, reporting within the Council, and to audit the use of the Website.

You consent to the collection and use of this aggregate information for the purposes stated above.

Cookies

Tasman District Council websites use Google Analytics (a service that provides aggregated reports on website activity) to further understand how the Website can be improved. Google Analytics relies on the use of cookies, which are small files stored on your computer. For detail on what information is collected via these cookies, and how it is stored and used, see Google's privacy policy.

Privacy Act requirements

The Tasman District Council is required to comply with the provisions of the Privacy Act 1993. Personal information is collected, held and used in accordance with the principles set out in the Privacy Act 1993. In particular, the Tasman District Council will:

Use personal information only for the purpose for which it is collected;

Retain personal information only for as long as is necessary to fulfil the purposes for which it was collected;

Release personal information to a third party only when required or permitted by law, or if you have authorised the release or where disclosure is connected to the purpose for which the information was collected.

If you think that the Tasman District Council has breached the Privacy Act or if you would like to find out more about the Tasman District Council's obligations, you can contact the Privacy Commissioner on 0800 803 909 or go to https://privacy.org.nz/about-us/contact/.

Provision of Information by You

You acknowledge and agree that any information or material which you provide electronically through your access to or use of the Website is not confidential or proprietary, except as may be required under applicable law, and you acknowledge that unprotected communication over the Internet is subject to possible interception, alteration or loss.

You represent and warrant that any information or material (other than personal data) which you provide does not infringe the rights of any person or entity, and that such information and material may be used in whole or in part in any manner by Tasman District Council including, but not limited to, reproduction, retransmission or publication of such information or material including any ideas or concepts contained in it.

You agree not to introduce into or through this Website any information or material which may be harmful, derogatory or offensive to others.

About Submissions

Tasman District Council regularly seeks feedback, suggestions, ideas and formal submissions from the general public through the Website.

All submissions, including names and contact details that you send to the Tasman District Council become public documents and will be made available to Councillors and the public at Council offices and libraries, and a summary of submissions may also be made publicly available and posted on the Council’s website.

Personal information will also be used for administration relating to the subject matter of the submissions, including notifying submitters of hearings and decisions. All information will be held by the Tasman District Council with submitters having the right to access and correct personal information.

Submissions may be posted or delivered to:

· Tasman District Council, Private Bag 4, Richmond

Faxed to: 03 543 9524

Emailed to: info@tasman.govt.nz

Or sent using the online form below.

Submissions not using the online form should include your name, address, telephone number, email address, and should state if you wish to speak to the Council in support of your submission. Please also indicate if you wish to speak in te reo Māori or New Zealand Sign Language.

Tasman District Council will contact all submitters who wish to be heard by email or text message to advise the confirmed time, date, and venue of the hearing.

Public Meeting Webcasts

The Tasman District Council may from time to time, film and record some of its public meetings and may make the footage available through webcasts. This is in the public interest to have transparent and accessible decision-making at public meetings.

Most of the filming will cover elected members as they speak and debate at the meeting. The filming may also include shots of the public in the background and anyone speaking at the public meeting.

By filming a person or recording their voice, the Tasman District Council is collecting personal information. All personal information will be collected, stored and published in accordance with the Tasman District Council’s Privacy Policy.

The webcasts and recordings may be publicly available via the Website.

Online services

Tasman District Council enables customers to process certain types of online transactions through the Website. Online Services are provided through a secure website using SSL (secure socket layer) encryption. All Online Services are subject to these Terms.

The Online Services are available for your personal and/or internal business purposes provided that:

You do not remove any proprietary rights notices;

Do not modify the information or make it available to third parties through a networked computer environment; and

Do not make any representations or warranties regarding the information.

You agree to allow the Tasman District Council to collect information about you (including information about transactions processed by you) from time to time through this Website. Any such information collected will be treated in accordance with the Tasman District Council Privacy Policy.

Social media

The Tasman District Council engages with the community through a number of externally hosted social media channels, including Twitter, Facebook, You-tube and LinkedIn.

What to expect

If you follow us, you can expect messages covering some of the following:

civil defence alerts

competitions

customer service reminders

invitations to have your say

news and events

updated digital content

On YouTube you will find videos of Tasman District Council events, and information about Council services, consultations and general information. The Tasman District Council may advertise any vacancies on LinkedIn.

Customer Use Policy

When engaging with the Tasman District Council using any social media channel, you acknowledge and agree that:

Comments made by the public to externally hosted social media websites used by Tasman District Council may be reviewed and, while as a general rule comments will not be edited by Tasman District Council, a comment may be deleted if it violates these Terms.

Comments must be related to the posted topic for the Council's social media page or post. Tasman District Council social media accounts are not meant for comments that do not directly relate to the purpose or topic of the social media website.

You are subject to the terms of service of the host site. Information (photos, videos, etc.) you share with or post to official Tasman District Council social media pages is also subject to the terms of service of the host site and may be used by the owners of the host site for their own purposes. For more information, consult the host website's terms of service.

Tasman District Council social media channels are not open to comments promoting or opposing any person campaigning for election to a political office, or promotion or advertisement of a business or commercial transaction.

The use of obscene, offensive, derogatory, racist, threatening or harassing language is prohibited.

Personal attacks of any kind or comments that target or disparage any person or group of persons based on ethnicity, race, colour, age, religious or ethical belief, gender, sexual orientation, disability or otherwise are prohibited.

Comments advocating illegal activity or posting of material that violates copyright or trademarks of others are prohibited.

Tasman District Council reserves the right to remove any comments posted in breach of these Terms.

User-Created Content

Users are welcome to submit or post content, including photographs and videos, to an official Tasman District Council social media site where the channel allows users to post content, the content meets the standards set out in these Terms and relates to the subject of the social media site. Users may only post their own, original content. Reproduced or borrowed content that may or reasonably appears to violate third party rights may be deleted.

News feeds

You may use the Tasman District Council news feeds in order to display Tasman District Council content on your website, blog or other product or service for personal and business use provided you comply with the following:

You must display the Tasman District Council feeds that you subscribe to in full and accurately on your website, blog or other product or service.

You may not directly or indirectly change, edit, add to or produce summaries of any Tasman District Council content.

You do not have the right to use any Tasman District Council content or Tasman District Council trademarks or logos on your website, blog or other product or service or elsewhere except as included in the Tasman District Council feed itself.

All copyright, trademarks, design rights, patents and other intellectual property rights (registered and unregistered) shall remain vested in the Tasman District Council or its third parties.

The Tasman District Council assumes no responsibility or liability for any of your activities in connection with the feeds or for your use of the feeds in connection with your website.

You must not directly or indirectly charge others for accessing, viewing or listening to any Tasman District Council content.

You must not directly or indirectly suggest any endorsement, or approval or recommendation by the Tasman District Council of any product or service.

You must not disrupt or try to disrupt Tasman District Council feeds or use them to distribute software viruses or other harmful programme

You may not use Tasman District Council feeds to engage in harmful, offensive, harassing or otherwise objectionable activity.

You may not subject the Tasman District Council feeds or Tasman District Council content to any offensive or derogatory treatment or use them in such a way that would damage the Tasman District Council or bring the Tasman District Council into disrepute.

Tasman District Council content may contain content you consider objectionable or offensive, or which may not be suitable for young audiences. If you permit a child to access, view or listen to Tasman District Council content you are solely responsible for deciding whether or not that content is appropriate and the Tasman District Council shall have no responsibility or liability to you.

If you are a business you will require users of your product or service to comply with these terms when using Tasman District Council feeds.

The Tasman District Council reserves the right to discontinue providing any or all of the feeds at any time without notice.

Using this site

Information about browser and document support.

Browser support

Tasman District Council aims to be browser and operating system neutral. This site has been designed and tested to work on the latest versions of all the major browsers. If you're using an older browser we strongly recommend that you upgrade it as soon as possible.

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Limitation of liability and exclusion of warranties

Tasman District Council may update the content on this Website from time to time, but no assurance is given that the Content on this Website is up-to-date, accurate, error-free or complete. To the fullest extent permitted by law, Tasman District Council:

Makes no representation or warranty regarding the functionality or condition of this Website, its suitability for use, or that its use will be uninterrupted or error-free;

Does not represent or warrant that the content or services accessed from or through this Website will be uninterrupted or free of errors, defects, viruses or other harmful components, or that any such problems which are discovered will be corrected;

Will not be liable to any person or entity for any damage, direct or indirect, incidental, special or consequential for access to, use of or inability to use the content, Online Services including transaction processing services or this Website; and

Assumes no liability for errors or omissions in the content or the Online Services including the transaction processing services.

Without limiting the foregoing, all content, Online Services including transaction processing services and this Website are provided ‘as is’ without warranty of any kind, whether express or implied, including but not limited to implied warranties of fitness for a particular purpose or non-infringement. Some jurisdictions do not permit the exclusion of implied warranties, and if you are in one of those jurisdictions these exclusions may not apply to you.

Governing law

Use of this Website and these Terms shall be governed by, and shall be interpreted consistently with, the laws of New Zealand. Persons who access this Website from locations outside of New Zealand do so on their own initiative and are responsible for compliance with local New Zealand laws.

Complaints

Continuity of service

Tasman District Council makes no warranty or representation, express or implied, as to continuity of service. It reserves the right to suspend, terminate or otherwise alter access to some or all of the site's services at any time and without notice.

Your licence to us for contributions to tasman.govt.nz

Other than personal information, which is covered under the Privacy Statement, any material you transmit or post to the site is considered non-confidential. This includes feedback or submissions you provide.

We do not claim to own your copyright material. You do, however, grant Tasman District Council a non-exclusive, royalty-free and irrevocable licence to:

publish such material in any media and in any format, including:

on this or any other website

in hard copy publications

in email notifications or alerts

in web feeds, and

sub-license such material for re-use by others on the same terms as the licence you've granted Tasman District Council.